Beany and Cecil

Beany (beneath propellor), Cecil (in background) and some of their campaign roadies.

“Help, Cecil! Help”

~ Beany on having Congress override a veto

Beany and Cecil were U.S. President and Vice President in 1960. They captured the imagination of the American people, especially compared to the alternative at the time, Richard Nixon, whose famous "Cecil speech" declared that "You won't have that sea serpent to kick around."

Public image

Much as President Chuck Taylor had enraptured Americans with high-top canvas sneakers, Beany was known by his beanie with the propellor on top. This device enabled Beany to take flight, making him the predecessor of the Amazon delivery drone.

Vice-President Cecil was both lovable and an abject moron. He thus performed the Constitutional function of making any mishap to the President painful to contemplate. Cecil's only other notable attribute, the ability to swim underwater for miles without coming up for breath, did not find uses in the Beany Administration.

Presidential actions

Beany and Cecil achieved no accomplishments during their brief time in power. After only 26 hours in office, they boarded the Leakin' Lena and departed for a diplomacy tour to nations in the South Pacific such as Hmor, and were never seen again. The ship was piloted by a relative known only as Uncle Captain, who was a master of puns but did not know which end of a sextant to look through, and that's got to hurt.

Transition of power

In those days, the 25^th Amendment was not available to facilitate brief drama about whether Beany had become unable to discharge the duties of the Presidency. Instead, Nixon, who had been biding his time in the cloakroom, entered the Oval Office and took power. Although Beany and Cecil had been in living color, Nixon — with his signature business suit and five-o'clock shadow — returned the American government to the "normalcy" of black-and-white. However, heartbroken American television viewers were consoled by five years of reruns of the brief reign of the cartoonish duo, which were better viewing than Walter Cronkite counting body bags returning from Vietnam.

Preceded by: Dwight Eisenhower

U.S. President 1960

Succeeded by: Richard Nixon